12 Interview Warning Signs

Looking back, 82% had seen the signs (Leadership IQ, 2011) · by HireSphere AI

Think about your last hire that didn't work out. Tick every sign that was there in the interview. Leadership IQ's 2011 survey of 5,247 managers found that, looking back, 82% said they had seen warning signs during the interview process. Nothing in a typical process writes them down, so nothing forces a decision about them.

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Why these matter

    Catch what gut feel excuses.

    There is a method to the questions you ask in an interview, and to reading the answers: understanding what that information tells you about a person and why it matters. Even when hiring for the same position, what you're looking for at a startup vs. a $1M company vs. a $3M or $10M company matters.

    Every one of these signs has a structured question that surfaces it before the offer. The Hiring Strategy Blueprint helps identify what you're looking for in the role you're hiring for, in your business, at that point in time. It incorporates your values and helps you identify the right questions. Interview as a Service runs them and understands the nuance in the answers to deliver a ranked top 3 with the reasoning behind each rank. Finally, the Alignment Engine runs the whole process: we source the candidates, evaluate them, and stay with you until your hire completes their first 90 days. A trained human evaluator makes every assessment. You make every hiring decision.

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    Source: Leadership IQ, "Hiring for Attitude" study, 2011 (5,247 hiring managers, 20,000+ hires). Directional, not diagnostic.
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